Hydrocarbon-burner.



Np. 849,289. .PATBNTED APR. 2, 190?. L. UHRIG & R. A. STABEN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT UI FIGE.

HYDROCARBON-BURNER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 2, 1907.

Application filed December 15,1905. Serial No. 291,923.

To (all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, LEOUHRIG aIlclRICH- ARD AUcUsr STABEN, citizens of the United States, residing at Whittier, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented. a new and useful Hydrocarbon- Burner, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to hydrocarbonburners for the consumption of crude oil; and one object of the invention is to provide a hydrocarbon-burner which shall be conveniently portable and which shall be particularly adapted for the purpose of heating ovens, the said burner being adapted to be conveniently moved or shifted about while in operation, so as to heat various parts of the oven in connection with which it is used.

Other objects are to simplify and improve the construction and operation of this class of devices.

\Vith these and other ends in view, which will readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the improved construction and novel arrangement and combination of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings has been illustrated a simple and preferred form of the invention, it being, however, understood that no limitation is necessarily made to the precise structural details therein exhibited, but that changes, alterations, and modifications within the scope of the invention may be made when desired.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a hydrocarbon-burner constructed in accordance with the principles of the invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the burner-tip and the supplypipes connected therewith. Fig. 3 is a detail view showing in perspective the several constituent parts of the burner-tip detached and separated from each other.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout by similar characters of reference. 1

A plate or tray 1 is provided, having around its circumference a shallow flange 2, and upon said plate or tray are secured a plurality of uprights 3 3, supporting a U-shaped pipe 4, one end of which is connected by a union or coupling 5 with a pipe 6, communithus permitted to pass eating with a source of water-supply through a flexible hose or pipe 7, the pipe 6 being preferably provided with a valve 8, whereby the flow of water may be regulated. The opposite end of the U-sh aped pipe supports and is connected with a casing 9, having an outletpipe 10, which extends in the direction of the bend of the U-shajaed pipe 4 and between the legs of the latter, said casing 9 being provided with a valve 11 to control the passage of steam through said casing. The-end of the pipe 10 which extends in the direction of the bend of the U-shaped pipe and which will be known as the front end of the pipe supports a rectangular block 12, provided with an angular or L-shaped passage 13, one branch of which is in threaded engagement with the pipe 10. A similar rectangular block 14, having an angular or L-shaped passage 15, is connected with the block 12 by means of screws 16 or other suitable connecting means, the vertical branches of the L- shaped passages being extended in the direction of each other. Athinmetallic partitionplate 17 is interposed between the blocks 12 and 14, and said blocks are provided in their opposing faces with V-shaped notches 18, extending from their front edges to the openings of the L-shaped passages with which they communicate, said notches being separated from each other by the intermediate partition-plate 17.

Threaded into the horizontal branch of the angular passage 15 of the block 14 is an oilpipe 19, which latter is connected by a union 20 with a feed-pipe 21, the latter having a regulating-valve 22 and connected with a source of supply by means of a flexible hose or pipe 24.

In the operation of this invention a small quantity of oil is permitted to flow into the generating-pan 1, where it is ignited, thus heating the U-shaped pipe 4 sufliciently to generate steam when water is admitted into said pipe. The oil-supply is then shut off and water is admitted slowly into the pipe 4, Where it is speedily converted into steam. The oil-valve is then again slightly opened, as Well as the steam-valve 11, steam being through the pipe 10, angular passage 13, andjgfouti fthrough the notch 18 beneath the partition-plate 17, Where it mingles with theoil escaping above said partition-plateggforming highly-inflammable mixture, which is readily ignited and in the consumption of which intense heat is generated. The flame, it will be ob served, is directed against the bend of the U- shaped pipe, which is in this manner constantly heated, so that steam will be constantly generated.

This improved burner may be conveniently placed in the furnace of a bakers oven and moved about in said furnace, so that the heat may be regulated and any desired portion of the oven may be highly heated.

The construction of the improved burner is very simple and inexpensive, and a burner of this character may be installed and maintained at small expense for fuel.

The burner-tip is composed of two massive metallic blocks, which are not liable to be injured by the excessive heat to which they will be subjected, and said blocks may be readily separated or taken apart for cleaning and other purposes.

Having thus described the invention,what is claimed is 1. In a hydrocarbon-burner, a generator pan or tray, a U-shaped pipe supported above and on said pan with its legs disposed in the same horizontal plane, a valved pipe connected with one end of the U-shaped pipe and communicating with a source of watersupply, a valve-casing connected with the other end of the U-shaped pipe and having a valved outlet-pipe, a burner-tip connected with the latter and located between the legs of the U-shaped pipe, and an oil-pipe connected with the burner-tip and communicating with a source of oil-supply.

2. In a hydrocarbon-burner, a generating by said uprights and bent on itself in a hori- Zontal plane to approximate the periphery of l the pan, a burner-tip connected with one end of the steam-pipe and arranged to direct its flame against the bend of the latter, a valved pipe connected with the other end of the steam-pipe and communicating with a source of water-supply, an oil-pipe connected with the burnertip, and a valved pipe connected with the oil-pipe and communicating with a source of oil-supply.

3. In a hydrocarbon-burner, a tip comprising two rectangular blocks arranged one over the other and each having a passage bored therein, notches on the adjacent faces of the blocks which communicate with and flare outwardy from the passages in a plane at right angles to the common axis of the passages, a partition-plate arranged between the blocks for separating the notches and cooperating with the latter to form similar outlet or discharging openings expanding uniformly in an outward direction, means for holding the blocks and partition-plate together, a pipe connected with one of the passages for feeding liquid fuel thereto, and a pipe connected with the other passage for supplying steam T to the same.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

LEO UHRIG. RICHARD AUGUST STABEN.

Witnesses CLARK Moonn, EMIL WEINMAN.

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